fAGE POURTHE DAILY REPLCCTOR, GREENVILLE, N. C.

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Thursday, December 8, 1960

Years Remembered As Good Ones

Checking Oiit The New Pilot

The testimonial dinner honoring Governor Luther Hodges was most certainly in order.

Tar Heels do not often have opportunity to indicate their appreciation for qualities of leadership at the capital. Tuesday evening they had both the opportunity and occasion for paying tribute.

The most striking single fact about the Hodges regime was that he worked at the job of being Gov-enor.

Whether he was personally surveying the damage of a hurricane, or working to further the cause of industry-hunting, Luther Hodges was there.

In the uncertain weeks surrounding the school desegregation crisis, it was again Governor Hodges Vv ho counseled patience and moderation on both sides. JSome say he saved the schools , . . and certainly, though he could not be given quite so great a credit it IS fair to say he contributed much to that end.

The businessman-turned-politician applied his non-political talents to the political field and to government, and observers were often amazed at the resultant successes.

A.side from his personal qualities, Luther Hodges came on the political scene in North Carolina with fortuitous timing.

The country as a whole had settled down after

"n Washington And In Raleigh

By LYNN NISBET

TRANSITION Government popfi on in Washington and in Haleigh with only slight interruption by conferences and negotiations arrangine: for transition from one administration to another in Januaiy. Governor Hodges told newsmen at his weekly session with them that he is going to Washington this week to confer with Clark Clif-fK'd. President - elect Kennedys liaison man, and next week he wiU confer with outgoing Secretary of Commerce Mueller about departmental problems he will face when he assumes the post as Secretary o Commerce on January 20.

The Governor noted that even while he was talking to-reporters. Hugh Cannon of Governor-elect Sanfords staff was in conference with Robert Giles, Hodges administrative assistant; and Mrs. Sanford was at the Mansion learning frwn Mrs. Hodges something about the duties of the first lady of the state and mistress of tlw Mansion.

The Governor referred to the situation in Washington as a "big transiton, to that in Raleigh as a little one. The distinction is obvious and appropriate. Change will be effected in every niajw department of government In WashingUm. because the ' President appoints the members of the Council of State and last month they made no changes in personnel.

Furthermore, many of the high appointive p<^iiions in this state have statutory terms, with expiration dates running from January 1 to July 1.

AMENDS Governor Hodges Hodges sought to make amends for what he admits was an unfortunate statement made in Charlotte a few weeks ago to the effect that the lale Governor Kerr Scotts "negative attitude toward industry had retarded state development. He said that what Scott did for rural roads and schools had been very helpful in advancing the industrialization program which he spearheaded. There had been a good deal of criticism of the previous statement about Governor Scott's disservice to the state.

RESEARCH-Two new installations in the Research Triangle Park were announced. One is a building erected by John B. W60O designed for leasing space to small industries and others desiring temporary quarters while planning their own buUdings. Some companies now have offtoe space hi Durham or Raleigh. Purpose of the new fa

cility is to get them located in the park.

More significant was an-nouiicenient that the U.S. Forestry Service is planning a southeastern regional research laboratory on a site donated to the Federal government. Importance of this laboratory was emphasized by figures supplied by Vivian Whitfield, former State Senator and ex-president of the Tree Farmers Association, He said that in five southeastern states there are 93 million acres of forest lands, and that }roducts sold from these trees amounted to more than four billion dollar's. Despite the spectacular effect of forest firei^ Whitfield said, more wood products are lost each year by disease than by fire. The new laboratory will study causes and prevention of disease in trees, as well as improved iH-actice 1.. lorestry and merchandising of wood products.

EATING & SLEEPING-The Duncan Hines Institute, of which Roy H. Park, a Surry county native and president of the N.C. Stale College alumni association, is editor-in-chief, has just released its 1961 directories of "Adventures in Good Ealing and "Lodging for a Night. The list includes 92 eating places in North Carolina and 140 lodging places. Which indicates that more people can eat in one room than can sleep therewhich is not news.

The 92 eating places which are authorized to use the sign iiKiicatlng they are apiwoved by Duncan represent a very

small part of the more than 4,000 such places in North Carolina. The 140 lodging places are selected from a total of m(He than 1700 in the state. The 232 api*oved eating and lodging pla4:^ in North Carolina are among 9,^ in the 50 states, which gives North Carolina a little better than average number of approved places.

Duncan Hines is only one, although regarded as one of the best, rating agencies for eating and sleeping. Travelers who see the Duncan Hines approval sign, or that of Quality Courts and Quality Restaurants, stop to eat or sleep with oonfideiMje. Tl^e insignia cannot-be bought; they must be earned after inspection of facilities.

The fact that more places each year are qualifying for right to use them suggests upgrading of faottitics at many places. Further fact that each year some places are omitted from the listing indicates that ratings ahe given (mly on basis of inspection.

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its post-war economic splurge and was ready to embark upon a new, more substantial period of jyowth. North Carolina leaped forward in the years that followed, and Luther Hodges shared in the accompanying limelight.

His six years of administration were generally years of high prosperity for the state. Good use was made of this economic trend, and North Carolinas expenditures for education and welfare service.s are now double those of ten years ago.

One of the more promising inspirations of Governor Hodges was the Research Triangle which only this week counted two m ire additions to its facilities. While the Triangle* is a relatively late-starter, it appears already so well established that a momentum of growth seems assured for the immediate future.

The Governors political judgment came to the fore again in his early support of a Senator who was seeking the Democratic nomination for the presidency. He sensed in John Kennedy the qualities of a winner, and acted accordingly. That decision ultimately brought its reward in a cabinet post.

Unquestionably there were mistakes made in the Hodges administration, but those mistakes are overshadowed by instances of good judgment, devoted effort, a spirit of service.and good fortune.

The Hodges years will be remembered as good ones.

How Will We Take It When U.S. Outvoted?

The setting, a conference of churches, seems hardly the place for a reminder to Americans they may have to someday soon subordinate their will to a majority of the United Nations.

But the element of truth is there; ajid the warning is timely; and, as the general assembly of the National Council of Churches wa.s told, we might \vell be outvoted in the world organization sometime in the near future.

It gives one cause to pause.

The vote of the United States does not outweigh that of Ghana, or that of any newly-formed and poverty-stricken nation.

Believing in the processess of democracy, it is reasonable to assume Americans could grin and bear it when outvoted on measures that did not exert too much strain on national interests.

How well we might face up to defeat on a sensitive issue is something else again.

The United Nations is a going concern today largely because this country is making it so. International strains and divergency of goals, heavy operating expenses, institution of a sort of interposition doctrine by certain members ... all contribute to a weakening of the organization.

A strong UN appears necessary to the world, but its chances to attain that strength of purpose are dim today.

If it should become a strong working body, how willing will we be to subordinate our wishes? As the National Council of Churches was told, it is something to contemplate.

Weapons Tanks Cannot Match

By PATRICIA MOORE

Clarifying The Mix-Up

By CARL HARTMAN BERLIN (API "There are some weapons of the Communists. said the trade expert, "that you cant fijght with tanka. Bills of lading, for instance, and insurance policis.

That was his way of warning what may happen if the West German - East German trade pact, dit to expire Dec. 31, is not renewed. He thinks the business life of isolated West Berlin could be slowly strangled without an issue arising that would call for armed force.

Not all experts agree. Many think that if the Reds try to strangle Berlin, there will always be some point where the issue is clear and the West can take a firm stand.

This expert is Dr. Kurt Leopold who for years has been dealing with the Communists aboitt trade on behali of the Bonn Government.

On Sept. 30 Chancellor Kwi-rad Adenauer canceled a pact that had been running nine years. The trade It covered is expected to reach a record $500 million this year.

It was canceled as a reprisal against the East German Communists who ordered Germans coming from the West to apply to them for a special pass to visit East Berlin.

If the Communists decide to play it rough, strange things could haiH>en on Jan. 1. Small sections of West Berlin, and of West Germany, may suddenly find themselves short of gas, electricity andwater.

A more serious crisis might come because oi the bills o lading. Under a Big Pour order dating back to 1946, these lists of freight must accompany most shipments across the 110 miles of CkMTimunist territory that separate Berlin from the West.

To the Germans, always impressed by documents, this has great importance. The East Germans may ask for impossible informatton and insist on elaborate inspections if they are not furnished.

A lot of West Berlins manufactures, explains Dr. Leopold, "are delicate precision instruments, carefully wrapped and packed. Suppose the East Germans start demanding that the truck driver and his helper take crowbars and open the cases. If they do that with only one truck out of 10, trade will be almost impossible.

Another annex Includes an agreement on insurance, so that a West German car or truck is protected in East Germany. If the pact expires, the East Germans would be in a legal position to demand extra insurance coverage, at exorbitant premiums.

Western experts who think be exaggerates these dangers point out that the East Germans already control German traffic b-tween West Berlin and the West. They once raised the rates for use of the superhighway and the West could only protest.

If the Communists decide to strangle West Berlin, these experts argue, they can always make excuses.

Western officials think the Communists will not allow the trade pact to expire. They believe the Communists have too great a need for West German iron and steel.

The West Genqans are trying to forget the matter of passes to East Berlin as quietly as possible.

This gain for the Communist side may be significant. If it is maintained, it will mean that the Western powers have tacit-(Continued on page six)

Strength For Today

By EARL L. DOUGLASS LETS FACT IT Modem man does not like the word "sin. Let anything of an anti-social or immoral character take place and immediately a score of people, many of them po&ing as authorities, begin to five some psychological reason for tklp misbehaviour. The ida of the old devil being in the hearts of all of us does not seem to i)e much in fa.shlon today. Sin Is now attributed to supre.sslon, frustration, emotional instability Tile devil must be having a good laugh over this whole sHnation. The report has gone out that he i* dead and hti activdtles are attributed to psychological uix^et.

It Will lake more ingcuuily,

however, than humanity now pos.sesses to get rid of the concept and the reality of sin. It is just as true now as it has ever been that we have all sinned and come short of the glory of God. We may not be gross slmiers. But sinners we are, we can be sure of that, we are selfish, lacking In self-control, harsh m our judgments, often unkind and sometimes per-hap.s a bit on the cruel side.

So what do you call that sort of thing? Is this psychological upset, emotional Instability, frustration, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. . ,?

We have to face many unpleasant facts in life. Let us face the most unpleasant of all the fact of sin.

At the risk of repeating ourselves, we want to retell a story. We told it before, but somehow, something from a magazine slipped in and outsted a first paragraph, thus destroying the whole story and probably making whatever readers we have think we definitely were out on a limb.

It goes like this, and it happened.

The clerk of Grifton Recorders Court has been very proud to inform us that on a recent visit to the Arlington National Cemetery (Virginia) he saw the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. There he also met the widow of the unknown soldier be said.

And we had visitms of the

black-clothed widow of the unknown soldier for about three seconds. But we didnt let him known we had caught on.

Next week we returned to the same t-own, same place, same time. He resumed his subject of the widow of the unknown soldier, telling us she had remarried, he had just heard.

If you havent seen through this by now, you may take your place on the limb. (Beside the rest of us.)

We read recently that the well loved soap operas which have been going on for. years upon years over radio, and now television, are being taken off the air by one network. Before the

Other Editors Saying ... State Serves As Mode'.

(Rocky Mount Telegram)

A psychologist in the Pennsylvania public school system recently observed that, in his opinion, North Carolina was not only the leading state of the South, but also one of the front-runners in the nation today in many fields where initiative

aiKi pioneering is required. More

and more this kind of talk is being heard.

At a recent session in Chapel Hill devoted to problems of

metropolitan growth, Frank

Bane, chairman of the U.S. Advisory Committee on Intergovernmental Relations, revealed that North Carolina had been chosen as a model for a national study of metropolitan growth. He listed several reasons why the Tar Heel state was selected for this study. His reasons are very Interesting.

For one thing, the state has done a good job of diluting agriculture with industry. This was recognized early by state leaders as a prerequisite for a balanced economy. Efforts in this direction have paid off handsomely.

Another reason was the notic-able lack of complication and haphazard growth in metropolitan areas. The states penchant for experimentslack of fear in pioneering new ideas, has been praised. Examples of thie type of thinking are seen in the states taking over the responsibility, in large measure, of public schools and the highway system, something other states might try to some advantage.

Another important reason the state has been selected for this important study is that the University system has been a real part of state government and comprises the Institute of Government that has done so well In promoting effective local government.

North Carolina has a disting-uished governor w1k> is willing to help the federal government and other states in the study of intergovernmental operations. All of these things add up to an indication of how the state has advanced in the past couple of decades. There are problems, of course.

Major prospects for the future include water resource and the need for increased watershed areas devoted to water use; continued maximum desirable consolidation . of c)ty and county governments; problems of waste disposal; control of land use for good residential and institutional development rather than haphazard "splattered development.

North Carolina has been fortunate In its ability to permit its cities to expand Into unincorporated lands. Such expansion, for example, is impossible in New Jersey and certain other metropolitan areas. The state of North Carolina ranks at or near the top among all the statesin the number of cities with'the city manager form of government.

All of the cities above 20,000 population have city managers, in fact. And 30 cities over 10.-000 have the manager system, and even many smaller towns have tWs same form of local government.

It is little wonder, thenf, that North Carolina enjoys a growing prest^, throughout the country. This unqit position wasnt reached hairtiazardly or through mere luck. True, tl state is fortunate in its leaders, its climate and its resources. But these alone are not enough if the citizens do not support wholeheartedly the far-seeing plans and projects this state has put forth. It goes without saying that this support has been forthcoming from Tar Heels.

stories, conclude, however, the writers will give all stories happy endings. Li fact, the TV writers in newspapers have already forecast the endings.

This brings back a delightful story about one of the serials. A certain young lady for years had been on the verge of marrying a certain man, but fate always had her way and separation prevailed.

Finally, a wedding was in the offing. No story, movie or pmper has ever held such avid interest to its public (except uswe were then oblivious to what was going on.) The day of the wedding naturally was extended to increase the tension and faithfulness of the watcher.

Then thf daj axt^ved.

On that day, this true story goes, a guest was to arrive at a friends hontel?y way of bus. The friend wrote the guest that tnough she was delighted to have her come she could not meet the bus as planned and the guest would have to take a taxi because of an important wedding.

It was the television serial.

That was the la^t straw for us. And people still talk about that wedding.

Opinions In Brief

"Look at it this weyby the time you have to borrow the neighbors power mower he will have forgotten all the things you called him during the campaign,Kansas City Star.

"Not to mothers: Nursery

school is a place where small fry go to catoh colds from each other so they mn stay home, Greenville (B.C.) Piedmont.

' "Service stations in Tampa have quit giving trading stamps Motorists will just have to be. content with having their windshield wiped, tires checked, battery tested, radiator filled and floor brushed out.Fort Myers (Fla.) News-Press.

"Soviet and Red Chinese farm failures suggest that if, as Nikita boasts, communism is going to bury the We.st, it will have plenty of idle land to do it in. New Orleams States-Item.

"Sure it .was a tough campaign, but it was educational. Thanks to Jackie Kennedys hairdo, most everybody now knows what bouffant means-some people can even pronounce the word.* Memphis Press-SCimltar.

Good,

Taste

"gnorec.

By GEORGE . SOKOLSKY

Copyri^t, 1960, King Features Syndicate. Inc.

Received a circular asking me whether I wanted the truth about Cuba. If so, I am instructed on the firat page of a four-page leaflet to subscribe to a magazine called "The Indeoen-dent. If I read this nublica-tton, I shall know all about Cuba from a pevson who goes by the name of Lyle Suart.

I turn to page two of the pamphlet and Cuba Is apparently lost. I am now In the realm of lovenot the love the poets wrote of. nor the love of mother for Child. This is a special kind of love, such as Phallic Worship, or Sex Variant Women in Literature, or, I am offered handsome fuU-page photographs of the nude female. There is more of this. For instance, there is an advertisement of the secret life of Walter Winchell,

I have known Walter, lo! these many years and if he has a secret, it must be most unusual, because Walter Winchell lives way out in tt open, with a ringside seat in the Cub Room of the ^ork Club. If a fellow can make a buck .discovering some secrets about him. he miffit be a marvel. But why, in this circular, put Walter Winchells secrets in the same class as a book about Messa-lina, a very naughty gal, indeed?

Enough of Uiifi stuff! Why are such circulars sent to decent folk who must see them before they can throw them away, because what is on the outside is an old-fashioned come - on? This is a discussion on Cuba.

And it is the Cuban come-on that leads to the inside pages which deal with various books f-it. to use a phrase related to one of them, "tells you the things that dont usually appear in books which these days are turned out by the ton without too much taste or originality?

It would seem to me that we are becoming too broad-minded about some things. There are writers, and have been through the ages, who enjoy writing about erotic subjects, some of which ultimately are accepted in literature, as Boccaccio, De Maupassant arul others have been. Other writers who enjoy erotica and pornography are not accepted. None of this has anything to do with freedom of the press. It has to do with taste. And the good taste of one period may not be the good taste of another. On the other hand, vulgarity. Inane

bestiality are nevr in gootl taste. When a book is advertised as "Has been banned in many places, the attraction Is not that tWs is a work of literary merit but rather that it is the sort of thing the young boy read in bed, under a blanks, with a flashlight.

The free publication of everything end anything has been defended as a sign of maturity. The assumption ki that a people are so mature that they can permit little boys to write dirty words on sidewalks with joy in their hearts that the kids know the dirtt^ words so early in life. The idea is that this is im expansion of freedon; also that it is cute.

The truth is that precisely this type of literattw has become associated with the increase of juvenile criminals in the United States and the increase of children bom out of wedlock. The battlers for abstract freedoms do not assume any responsibility for the broken lives which result from lack of restraint, lack of eU-cootrol, sexual precocity in boys and girls. It is easy Jtor them to say, "anything goeel but, in truth, anything does not go In this life and the young woman who bears a child oitt of wedlock which she has to rid herself of one way or another, goes through her years with a miserable memory and a bruised conscience. Neither the author nor publishers <rf these books are willing to assume any responsibility for that.

But why cover It all up with a tale about Cuba, which has enough troubles without being used as a cover story for an advertisement for books of this type? Or are *we to infer that it is all part of the same mental and emotional sickness the defense of Cuba and the publishing of books that have been banned in many places?

Snecial Items In Business News

By ELMER ROESSNER Theres good news for us monkeys today. The 1960 world crop of peanuts is estimated at

15.200.000 tons by the Foreign Agricultural Service. Thats only slightly less than the record

15.300.000 tCMis grown in 1958. And there are other curious

things in the business news today. For instance:

To introduce a new fabric to work-glove manufacturers, the producer sent samples in safes. The combinations were given in three subsequent mailings. . . . Taxpayers suing fo- income-tax refunds in the yeai ended June 30 last 71 times out of loo, Commerce. Clearing House reports.

New adhesives now being developed will make houses without nails and planes without rivets, sa.v> Alan A. Marra, Michigan University authority.

Id I addition to 48 of the 50

states, a total of 180 countries and municipalities tax cigarettes.

. . .Japan was the United States largest overseas market for products In the first half of this year. . . .Office automation often yields dismal results because employees resist them, Dr. Ben Miller, methods expert, found.

STRANGE MALADY CUTS PEAR CROP

A mysterious ailment, "pear decline. is killing pear ttlies on the Pacific Coast. . . .A cigarette manufacturer prehibiU pipe or cigar smoking on Its television .show, . , .And It Insists no me.!.s.v a.shlraya be .shown.

Eighty million Amertefns over five years wear glaites, says Liberty On.leal.

Huge Inflate ble domes, made of nylon, wM 'pon rise over . S. airport as part of a radar system to give constant pictures of the airports to control towers

. . . construction con

tractors are working right through winter cold, saving hundds of millions of dollars, says Construction Equipment magasine.

JURORS NOW MACHINE-PICKED A puncb-card machine now picks jurors In New York. The IK^vious jury-picking machine there was Tammany Hall, , . , Among people buying auto safety belts, 96 per cent have children, the Rayco chain reports. . . .Cans of thinner tin may save Industry and ccm-sumers much. Steel ways maga-zlne says.

A small-car company sayt America can gain 34,000 mflei of highway simply by shortening all cars three feet. We could gain 10 times as much keeping ail small cars off the road-The Public Personnel Association says the efficiency of postal employees, tax men and Civil

Service recruiters has increased markedly. . . .A global record in com production is expected in the 1960-61 year.

LOT or ADVERTISING DOESNT MEET THE EYE * A food broker complained that a New York advertising agency placed advertising for its territory with a television station 300 miles away. And between the station and the broker's customers, there's a 6,000-foot range of mountains.

DESPITE RECESSION TALK 1960 WILL BE RECORD YEAR The nationa tota l output of goods and services this year will exceed that of any other year in dollars and in volume, accord inf to Martin R. Galns-brugh, chief economist of the National Industrial Conference Board, The gross national products for the year w'lll exceed $500 billion, about $20 billion over 1959.